be
families to buy their own homes, the Government announced a new middle-income housing scheme. The Housing Authority decided that eligible families in the private sector should given a better chance of buying HOS flats, and a rent assistance scheme should be introduced to help tenants whose rent-to-income ration exceeded 25%. The Authority's housing
subsidy policy
policy has been under review with a view to gauging public response to its implementation. A quality assurance programme for the housing design and construction process has been introduced, and the target date to obtain accreditation by the Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency is now set on 1 July 1993.
Labour
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After a temporary easing in the first half of 1992, the labout market tightened up again in the second half as the economy continued to grow steadily. Partly as a result of this tightening, and in order to reduce bottlenecks to economic growth, the Government decided to continue with the general labour importation scheme in a controlled manner, and targeting areas most in need of workers. The ceiling on the number of imported workers remained at 25,000.
Education
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With the opening of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the upgrading of the Lingnan
College to a degree-awarding institute, there are seven tertiary institutes funded by the University and Polytechnic Grants Committee. The seven institutions will provide for the planned expansion of first-year first-degree places to
14,500 or 18
per cent of the relevant age group by 1994-95. During 1992, the institutions admitted 11,873 first-year first-degree students, representing more than 13 per cent increase over the previous year and 14.3 per cent of relevant
age group.
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